In my new job there is a rota for working late and early shifts so that the phones and email are covered all the time. While I’ve worked a few lates so far (a rather pointless 9:30 to 18:00) today is my first day working an early; A rather more pointful 7:00 to 15:30. And although I feel I could do with another hour worth of sleep, I actually quite like it. I work best in the morning anyway, it’s nice and quiet in the office and I get to go home early. Result!
And now, the news:
BBC NEWS | UK | Born Abroad | Countries of birth
I found this interesting, especially when I sorted the table by Total Numbers 2001. The result? After the expected India and Pakistan in first and second places, what’s the third place? Germany! That’s unexpected! There are more Germans living in the UK than there are Caribbeans! Even more, even, than there are South African and Australian barstaff combined! (Okay, maybe not, they’re transient employees, not UK residents, but that doesn’t sound as impressive. Now shush! Whose blog is this anyway?!)
Anyway, I though it was interesting…
(It’s an invasion on the sly you know. It’s like the Angles, the Saxons and the bloody royal family all over again)
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I saw the end of a piece on this on BBC3 News.
They had a German woman who owns a BeerFest bar in London on as part of the Opinionators (the other one was someone from Brent Council)- but what wa interesting was that the German woman said London was the only real city of business in Europe.
She said that there was nothing in Germany, which was why all the big industries have ‘Head’ Offices in London.
I took it to be quite a complimentary comment- Paris- pah!, Madrid- moo!, Frankfurt- fooey!, Brussels- bahaha.
Some companies may have offices in these ‘home’ countries- but they also have Big Offices in London- coz it’s the place to be.
Funny.
The other thing she said was how easy it was for Germans to come to the UK & get work- language not being a real problem- and no bureaucracy about visas or permits.
The Moderator/Presenter actually started this line but asking the reverse- saying that UK ‘born’ residents find it difficult to move as we rarely know a second language- but other countries find it easier to come here to get work as many of them already know English well.